Chapter 59: Your Knight Has Left the Stage First

Chapter 59: Your Knight Leaves the Stage First

Although Chen Wang couldn't figure out why Xie Yang and Gu Yunlang would team up against him—a friendly, kind, charitable, and gentle innocent soul—he knew that now was the time to stay away from Gu Sai to avoid dragging him into the crossfire.

But Gu Sai, in this moment of danger, insisted on following him.

"Teacher Chen, wait for me!"

Chen Wang glanced back at him and warned, "Keep following me, and you'll get eliminated too!"

"I can help you, Teacher Chen."

Gu Sai fished around in his pocket for a bit, pulled out a privilege card, and said to the camera, "I want to use my privilege card!"

The staff almost forgot he even had that privilege card. It took them a beat to remember—oh, right. It was the one Gu Sai, Chen Wang, and Lan Miaomiao had won from the game the night before the broadcast.

Gu Sai asked the staff, "Can this privilege card give Teacher Chen an extra name tag?"

The staff said, "Nope, but we can make Teacher Chen's name tag smaller, like this."

Their name tags were normally eight by twenty centimeters. The small name tag the staff member displayed was only two by five centimeters. The smaller the tag, the harder it was to tear off, so Gu Sai thought it was pretty useful.

"That'll work."

The staff double-checked, "Teacher Gu, you only have one privilege card. Are you sure you want to use it on Teacher Chen?"

"I'm sure."

Gu Sai got the small name tag from the staff, found Chen Wang again, and helped him put it on. He even pulled a little trick—he placed it in a very hidden spot: under Chen Wang's armpit.

Chen Wang asked, "Isn't there a more dignified way?"

Gu Sai pressed the name tag down firmly to make sure it stuck: "Compared to staying alive, what's a little embarrassment? Oh, right, Teacher Chen, don't you also have a privilege card? Use it now, don't wait until you're eliminated and it expires."

Chen Wang chuckled. "Already used it."

"Huh? When did you use it?" Gu Sai asked, bewildered.

Chen Wang said, "On the second floor, when I helped you grab the stick. Otherwise, do you think the production team would have agreed to let me help you?"

Gu Sai's heart skipped a beat. Back then... they'd just met, before anything had happened between them, and Chen Wang had already used his precious privilege card for him.

Why would he do that?

"Chen Wang used his privilege card for Gu Sai, and Gu Sai used his for Chen Wang—this is too cute!"

"Exactly! Mutual devotion is way better than any enemies-to-lovers ship!"

"If you two aren't a thing, then I'll eat my hat."

In the frame, Gu Sai and Chen Wang looked at each other—one with a carefree smile that couldn't hide his deep feelings, the other bewildered, yet moved and grateful.

Netizens frantically screenshotted and screen-recorded, freezing this beautiful moment like a movie still.

Suddenly, Gu Yunlang's cold face appeared between them, shattering the peaceful, romantic moment.

The next second, Gu Yunlang and Chen Wang were grappling. Chen Wang grabbed Gu Yunlang's name tag first, but just as he went to tear it off, Xie Yang came out of nowhere and grabbed his wrist.

Chen Wang was facing a two-on-one again. Gu Sai didn't hesitate to jump in and back Chen Wang up.

But just then, Guan Yujia rushed over and joined the fray.

Gu Sai figured Guan Yujia had come to help Chen Wang, but to his shock, Guan Yujia sided with Xie Yang and helped pin down one of Chen Wang's arms.

"Gu Yunlang, rip his off now!" Guan Yujia sat on the ground, yanking Chen Wang's arm to force him to expose the name tag on his clothes.

Just as Gu Yunlang was about to strike, Gu Sai couldn't shove him away or tear anyone else's tag. In a panic, he threw himself onto Chen Wang, shielding his name tag with his own body.

Gu Yunlang hesitated for a split second. Guan Yujia gritted his teeth and urged, "Tear Gu Sai's first! Once he's out, we'll get Chen Wang!"

Xie Yang agreed, "Quick, quick, I can't hold him much longer—Chen Wang's way too damn strong!"

Both of Chen Wang's hands were pinned by Guan Yujia and Xie Yang. He was stretched too thin, so all he could do was tell Gu Sai, "Gu Sai, get up, run!"

"I won't!"

"What a jaw-dropping, earth-shattering scene!"

"As a die-hard Chen Wang fan, I was meh on Gu Sai before, but now I think he deserves a temple built in his honor."

Gu Yunlang gritted his back teeth. He didn't tear Gu Sai's tag. Instead, he grabbed him by the collar with one hand and hoisted him up like a little chick, and with the other, mercilessly ripped off Chen Wang's last name tag.

"Chen Wang, out."

The whole scene went dead silent.

Chen Wang sat up and ran a hand through his messed-up hair. Gu Sai felt awful, like he hadn't done enough to protect Chen Wang.

Xie Yang cheered and hopped off like a monkey. Gu Yunlang stared coldly at Chen Wang and Gu Sai, showing none of the joy of a winner.

Guan Yujia let out a massive sigh of relief. Chen Wang was eliminated—he was safe now. So he could leave too. The rest... wasn't his problem anymore.

In the bullet comments, Wang Wang fans tore into Guan Yujia and lamented that Chen Wang was the first one out.

Even Director Ma hadn't seen this coming. He stood in front of the monitor on the first floor, scratching his head: "What's up with Guan Yujia's behavior...? It's so confusing. What's he even trying to do?"

The assistant director said, "I can't figure it out either. The only explanation is what the netizens are saying—his love turned to hate, and now he wants to destroy Chen Wang."

Chen Wang calmly said goodbye to the audience on camera, then turned to Gu Sai. "Little Gu Sai, take care. Your knight leaves the stage first."

Even though it was just a game, Gu Sai's nose tingled and he almost cried. Especially watching Chen Wang wave and walk downstairs, his back disappearing from view, he felt an urge to chase after him.

He scolded himself inwardly for being so sentimental—why was he turning this into a farewell of life and death?